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architectura

Architectura is a Latin noun meaning architecture, the art and science of designing, planning, and governing the construction of buildings. In classical usage the term encompassed both practical craft and architectural theory, often with an emphasis on proportion, symmetry, and utility. The word is the etymological source of the modern term architecture and of related design vocabularies in several European languages (for example architecture in English and French, arquitectura in Spanish, architettura in Italian, Architektur in German).

In antiquity, architectura appears in writers such as Vitruvius, whose De architectura (On Architecture) is one

During the Renaissance, Latin remained the lingua franca for scholarly discourse on architecture, even as vernacular

Today, architectura is primarily of historical and philological interest; modern discussions distinguish architecture as a discipline

of
the
foundational
texts
on
building
practice
and
architectural
theory.
The
treatise
presents
principles
of
design,
mathematics,
materials,
and
the
civic
function
of
buildings,
and
it
shaped
medieval
and
Renaissance
understandings
of
the
field.
The
term
thus
functioned
as
both
a
technical
designation
and
a
store
of
architectural
knowledge.
words
gained
favor
in
practice.
The
Latin
tradition
continued
to
influence
treatises
and
education
in
architecture
across
Europe.
and
architectural
theory
as
its
speculative
aspect.
The
Latin
term
is
widely
cited
in
studies
of
classical
architecture,
the
transmission
of
architectural
ideas,
and
the
origins
of
architectural
education.
In
contemporary
usage,
the
word
architecture
has
displaced
architectura
in
everyday
speech,
but
the
Latin
form
remains
a
key
term
in
historical
texts
and
critical
scholarship.